Grant Balfour vs. Ben Bowden — Career Comparison

Grant Balfour
Gen XAustraliaThrows RightBats RightOceaniaTampa Bay RaysAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star
Ben Bowden
MillenialMassachusettsThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaAthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

On the career pitching numbers, Grant Balfour posted a stronger line than Ben Bowden. Grant Balfour posted stronger numbers in ERA (3.49 vs 6.02) and WHIP (1.245 vs 1.748). By the career numbers, Grant Balfour had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Grant Balfour and Ben Bowden

Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Ben Bowden
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
534
8.91
Ben Bowden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
9.71
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Ben Bowden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
0.5
Ben Bowden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.58
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.38
Ben Bowden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.39
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
56.6
56.6
Ben Bowden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
60
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.19
0.19
Ben Bowden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Bowden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Bowden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84
1.4
Ben Bowden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
3.49
Ben Bowden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
6.02
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.49
3.49
Ben Bowden
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.02
6.02
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.94
2.94
Ben Bowden
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.87
5.87
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Ben Bowden
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.88
4.88
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.209
0.209
Ben Bowden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.275
0.275
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1619
27
Ben Bowden
Career
Per 9 Innings
139
27
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
539.2
9
Ben Bowden
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.1
9
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
406
6.77
Ben Bowden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
10.29
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.77
6.77
Ben Bowden
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.3
10.3
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.78
Ben Bowden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
1.55
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.78
0.78
Ben Bowden
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.55
1.55
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Ben Bowden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.16
0.16
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
252
4.2
Ben Bowden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
5.05
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.23
Ben Bowden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.39
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.2
4.2
Ben Bowden
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.05
5.05
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
571
9.52
Ben Bowden
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
9.52
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.52
9.52
Ben Bowden
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.52
9.52
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.07
1.07
Ben Bowden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.98
0.98
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.525
1.525
Ben Bowden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.619
1.619
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.43
Ben Bowden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.19
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.13
Ben Bowden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.19
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Ben Bowden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2241
37.37
Ben Bowden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
224
43.51
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
203
3.39
Ben Bowden
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
2.53
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
215
3.59
Ben Bowden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
6.99
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.59
3.59
Ben Bowden
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.99
6.99
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.25
Ben Bowden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.39
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.32
Ben Bowden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.39
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.52
Ben Bowden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.219
1.219
Ben Bowden
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.705
1.705
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1947
32.47
Ben Bowden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
193
37.49
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.4
0.4
Ben Bowden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.72
0.72
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Ben Bowden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.331
0.331
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.37
37.37
Ben Bowden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.51
43.51

Fielding Stats for Grant Balfour and Ben Bowden

Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Ben Bowden
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
534
8.91
Ben Bowden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
9.71
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Ben Bowden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1619
27
Ben Bowden
Career
Per 9 Innings
139
27
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
539.2
9
Ben Bowden
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.1
9
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.28
Ben Bowden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.75
Ben Bowden
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.19
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Ben Bowden
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.19
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
1.05
Ben Bowden
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.39
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
1.03
Ben Bowden
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.19
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.41
98.41
Ben Bowden
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.116
0.116
Ben Bowden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.02
0.02
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.19
0.19
Ben Bowden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.05
Ben Bowden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Bowden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Bowden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Bowden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Bowden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Grant Balfour and Ben Bowden

Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Ben Bowden
Career
Per 600 PA
2
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
534
160200
Ben Bowden
Career
Per 600 PA
50
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Ben Bowden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Ben Bowden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Bowden
Career
Per 600 PA
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Bowden
Career
Per 600 PA
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Bowden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Bowden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Bowden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Bowden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Bowden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Bowden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
Ben Bowden
Career
Per 600 PA
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Bowden
Career
Per 600 PA
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
Ben Bowden
Career
Per 600 PA
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Bowden
Career
Per 600 PA
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Bowden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Bowden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Bowden
Career
Per 600 PA
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Bowden
Career
Per 600 PA
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Bowden
Career
Per 600 PA
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Bowden
Career
Per 600 PA
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Bowden
Career
Per 600 PA
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Bowden
Career
Per 600 PA
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
Ben Bowden
Career
Per 600 PA
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Bowden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Bowden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Bowden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.22
-66.4
Ben Bowden
Career
Per 600 PA
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Bowden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Bowden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Bowden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Ben Bowden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Ben Bowden
Career
Per 600 PA
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Bowden
Career
Per 600 PA
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Bowden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Bowden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Bowden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Bowden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Bowden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Bowden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
Ben Bowden
Career
Per 600 PA